Easy Chicken Cacciatore with Pasta is a delicious Italian dinner recipe, and a great meal to make on a busy weeknight. This chicken and pasta dish features roasted red peppers, diced tomatoes, and mushrooms in a savory white wine sauce.
If you love quick Italian recipes, try my sausage pasta skillet or my lazy lasagna with ravioli.
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Why this Chicken Cacciatore with Pasta Recipe is a Keeper
This great recipe makes a delicious comfort food with tender chicken and flavorful tomatoes, simmered in a rich sauce. The browned chicken, garlic, and pasta all pair well with a rich tomato sauce and homemade Italian seasoning. It’s one of those dishes you’ll want to make again and again, as the recipe is easy to follow and doesn’t take long to make. Here are a few reasons why you’ll love this recipe made with chicken and pasta:
- 30 Minute Meal: This easy recipe for chicken cacciatore takes about 30 minutes to make.
- Easy Ingredients: All of the ingredients in this easy chicken cacciatore recipe can be found in your kitchen or local grocery store.
- Delicious Flavor: This chicken cacciatore recipe features juicy chicken breast, garlic, tomatoes, and onions. It’s a great way to make the most of the simple ingredients in your kitchen.
What is Chicken Cacciatore?
Cacciatore is an Italian dish made with tomato sauce, onions, herbs, and peppers. It can be prepared with braised chicken, but is sometimes made with lamb, rabbit, or potatoes.
Ingredient Notes for Chicken Cacciatore Pasta
- Skinless and Boneless Chicken Breast: Make this dish with boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces. You can also use boneless, skinless chicken thighs for this recipe. It can be made with bone-in chicken, but boneless chicken is recommended.
- Italian Seasoning: Make your own Italian seasoning with our recipe.
- White Wine: Try to make the sauce with your favorite white wine.
- Mushrooms: Portobello mushrooms work well in this chicken dish.
- Fettucine Pasta: Cook your fettucine pasta in advance.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Prep Ahead Suggestions to Make Chicken Cacciatore
- Make Ahead: Make the chicken parmesan cacciatore in advance, then store for a day or two in the refrigerator.
Pro Tip for Easy Chicken Cacciatore
A touch of sugar or honey can balance the acidity of the tomatoes and wine.
How to Make this Italian Chicken Cacciatore Recipe
These are the basic steps for making chicken cacciatore. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Brown the Chicken in Oil Over Medium-High Heat
Cut chicken into 1 inch pieces. Stir together flour, salt and pepper. Then, dredge chicken pieces in flour mixture. Over medium-high heat, heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet with deep sides. Cook chicken until brown on all sides, or for 3-4 minutes per side, then remove the chicken pieces from the pan. Transfer chicken to a plate and set aside.
2. Sautee the Vegetables and Place the Chicken Back in Pan
Turn the heat to medium and add remaining olive oil to hot skillet. Sauté onion, pepper, and garlic; cook until soft. Stir to combine. Pour in the wine and reduce by ½. Then, add the mushrooms, tomatoes, and chicken broth. Return the chicken to the pan.
3. Serve with Pasta
Simmer for 10-15 minutes with the lid on. Remove the lid and season with salt and pepper to taste. At the end of cooking, serve with pasta and garnish with grated parmesan cheese.
How to Store, Reheat and Use Leftover Chicken Cacciatore
- Storing: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Reheating: Reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave until warmed through.
- Using Leftovers: Leftover chicken cacciatore should be good for 3-5 days.
Variations and Substitutions for this Chicken and Pasta in a Delicious Tomato Sauce
- Variation tip: Serve with rice or over whole grain noodles, egg noodles, or mashed potatoes.
- Alternate ingredient: Use a red wine, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, or Merlot in place of the white wine.
- Different Cooking Process: Cook in the slow cooker for about 6 hours. You can also make in the skillet or Dutch oven.
Chicken Recipe FAQs
Serve it alongside Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, Easy Caesar Salad, or Buttery Dinner Rolls with Rosemary.
You may have added too much broth. Let it cook out for a little longer or thicken with more cheese.
Yes; you can use non-alcoholic wine, but the alcohol will cook out of regular wine anyway.
Expert Tips for Making this Easy Recipe for Chicken Cacciatore
- Olives: Feel free to use kalamata olives or capers in this recipe. Add the capers to the delicious sauce as you simmer the vegetables.
- Double: There’s enough for 2 in this recipe, but you can double it if you’re cooking for the whole family.
- Tomato Sauce: Make a sauce with tomato paste and herbs. Add the remaining Italian seasoning and bring the sauce to a simmer.
- Peppers: Use frozen peppers, fresh green bell peppers, or red bell peppers.
- Fresh Herbs: Top with fresh herbs such as basil, rosemary, or thyme.
- Heat: Toss in a pinch of red pepper flakes to make it spicier.
- What to Serve with this Easy Chicken Cacciatore: There are a few things that I love to serve with this 30 minute meal: Chickpea Feta Salad, Homemade Garlic Bread from Scratch and Italian Pizzelle Cookies.
Easy Chicken Cacciatore
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds Chicken Breast, boneless and skinless
- ½ cup Flour
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 8 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1 Medium Onion, finely diced
- 3-4 cloves Garlic, finely minced
- 4 Roasted Red Peppers, chopped
- 1 can Diced Tomatoes, 14.5 ounces
- 1 cup White Wine
- 1 cup Chicken Broth
- 10 oz Mushrooms, sliced
- 1 pound Fettuccine, cooked
Instructions
- Cut chicken into 1 inch pieces. Stir together flour, salt and pepper.
- Dredge chicken pieces in flour mixture.
- Over medium-high heat, heat 4 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet with deep sides.
- Cook chicken until brown on all sides. Remove chicken from pan.
- Reduce heat to medium and add remaining olive oil to hot skillet. Saute onion, garlic and pepper until soft.
- Add white wine and reduce by ½. Add tomatoes, mushrooms, broth and cooked chicken.
- Simmer for 10-15 minutes with lid on.
- Serve over pasta (top with fresh grated parmesan cheese).
Christina’s Notes
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- Olives: Feel free to use kalamata olives or capers in this recipe. Add the capers to the delicious sauce as you simmer the vegetables.
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- Double: There’s enough for 2 in this recipe, but you can double it if you’re cooking for the whole family.
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- Tomato Sauce: Make a sauce with tomato paste and herbs. Add the remaining Italian seasoning and bring the sauce to a simmer.
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- Peppers: Use frozen peppers, fresh green bell peppers, or red bell peppers.
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- Fresh Herbs: Top with fresh herbs such as basil, rosemary, or thyme.
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- Heat: Toss in a pinch of red pepper flakes to make it spicier.
- What to Serve with this Easy Chicken Cacciatore: There are a few things that I love to serve with this 30 minute meal: Chickpea Feta Salad, Homemade Garlic Bread from Scratch and Italian Pizzelle Cookies.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
Do you have to roast the red peppers or can you buy them roasted?
You can do either. For a quicker meal, buy a good quality roasted pepper.
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This is so good! I’ll make it again and again.
So good! This chicken was great, easy, and my whole family loved it! We will definitely be making this again!
This tasted so amazing! Thanks a lot for sharing this super easy to make chicken cacciatore recipe! Fam really loves it! Will surely have this again! Highly recommended!
when you say “1 can of diced tomatoes” which size? ounce-wise
14.5 oz